VLANs for Surveillance

If you want to pretend to be a surveillance networking expert, just sternly tell people that they need to use VLANs. However, little practical guidance is available to decide why or when users should use them.

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This Homemade Toy Will Keep Your Dog Occupied for Hours

To make it, first decide what size bottles you want to use. For larger dogs, like Bella in the video, you may decide to use 1 or even 2 Liter plastic bottles.

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Meet Visual Labs, a body camera startup that doesn’t sell body cameras

DOS PALOS, Calif.—The streets of this agricultural town in Merced County almost feel like a John Steinbeck novel. The day Ars was in Dos Palos was hot, bright, and quiet. Walking downtown on a weekday, the only people out looked like high schoolers milling around on their lunch break.

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Opera just released an Android app that gives you unlimited free VPN

Opera made waves back in April when it announced the addition of unlimited free VPN service to its desktop web browser. VPN, or virtual private networking, is a technology that allows people to mask their actual IP addresses by routing their internet traffic through a third-party server.

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Discord Is the Voice Chat App I’ve Always Wanted

Discord is a newcomer to the chat scene, but it’s made a big splash. The app provides voice and text chat for groups, with an emphasis on gaming. However, it’s so sweet I’ve already started using it for everyday chat. If you’ve ever used Slack, Discord will feel familiar.

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12 Things You Can Now Do With Windows 10 After the Anniversary Update

It’s Windows 10 update time! The so-called “Anniversary Update” marks a year since the OS officially made it out of Redmond and it’s the biggest update yet.

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Download and Print Your Own Topographical Maps from National Geographic

You can snag good topographic maps pretty easily from outdoor shops and from park ranger offices, but if you want to take a closer look at a place from the comfort of your own home, National Geographic’s released a ton of PDFs.

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